Graz, Austria
Gratkorn Mill
WORKFORCE
WORKFORCE
Highly-skilled employees
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENT
Reduction in carbon emissions following a boiler upgrade
COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY
Households supplied with heat by Gratkorn Mill
Sitting at the heart of its local community, Gratkorn Mill boasts a rich, 400-year history in paper manufacturing. Powered by a diverse, highly skilled workforce, the mill maintains a well-deserved reputation for sustainability and environmental excellence. Meanwhile, stringent quality standards ensure it produces only the finest paper products.
Meet our people
What makes our employees so highly engaged and motivated?
We have a leadership culture where our employees can fully engage, freely express their opinions and contribute new ideas.
Manfred Hartinger
About Gratkorn Mill
Sitting on the banks of the River Mur in Graz, Austria, our Gratkorn Mill creates the finest quality papers using the very latest technology.
Premium magazines, catalogues, books and high-end advertising are printed around the world on the approximately 860,000 tons of graphic paper produced annually at Gratkorn. The mill also produces around 90,000 tons of label papers used for bottles, tins, jars and cans.
The mill is one of the largest employers in the region, boasting a highly skilled workforce and several well-regarded apprenticeship programmes. At Gratkorn Mill, we pride ourselves on giving back to the local community in valuable ways – not least through a district heating scheme that provides waste heat to more than 22,500 local households.
Continuous improvement of our sustainability and environmental credentials is a cornerstone of our mill strategy. Over the past few years a multi-million-euro modernisation project has been undergoing, initially converting the power plant boiler to run wholly on biomass and natural gas, and in its latest stage focusing on increasing capacity for the delivery, handling and processing of biomass to feed the boiler. The project is scheduled to be completed by mid-2025, and a CO2 reduction of 55% is expected by project completion.
Collaboration for innovation
Our employees are the driving force behind Gratkorn mill’s constant innovations and improvements. Data scientists, IT specialists, research and development experts, electrical engineers, paper technologists and more come together to identify new areas of refinement and development – so ensuring that Gratkorn continues to lead the way in sustainable paper manufacturing.
More about the mill
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- History
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- Supporting the local community
- Apprenticeships
The coating process at Gratkorn Mill is designed to provide papers with a visually outstanding surface and superb printing properties. These multi-coated papers are available in gloss, silk and matt finishes, and range from 65 to 350 g/m2
Coated papers from Gratkorn are used mainly in high-gloss advertising for brochures and leaflets, as well as for art catalogues, books, magazines, annual reports, calendars and more. They’re the papers of choice where the highest print quality and outstanding colour reproduction are non-negotiable, and where superior results are required in die-cutting, embossing, dispersion and UV-varnishing or laminating.
Meanwhile the premium-quality label papers produced at the mill – with their best-in-class brightness and superb printing and metallisation performance – are used by brands across the continent who seek outstanding on-shelf impact and instant brand recognition.
Caring for the environment
Environmental statements
Certifications for Gratkorn Mill
Our certifications ensure that our performance is monitored and that our operations comply with global best practice across a range of environmental, safety and quality topics.
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Where to find us
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Sappi Austria Produktions-GmbH & Co KG,
Gratkorn Landesgericht ZRS Graz, FN 223882 p
Sappi Austria GmbH, Gratkorn Landesgericht ZRS Graz, FN 96239 d